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Solids are also referred to as condensed phases. The particles of a solid have little free space between one another. Particles are also tightly packed together and normally in a regular pattern. Particles of a solid can't move or slide past each other. Solid's particles vibrate or jiggle, but never move nor slide. Sources: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html

There are three states of matter which include a solid, gas, and a liquid. A solid has it's own definite shape and volume. Which means it doesn't take the shape of it's container. Solids particles are packed tightly in an orderly manner. Since you can't squeeze a solid to make a smaller volume, it's considered as an incompressible. When heated it slightly expands. Some solids, such as ice, can be dissolved in water or a liquid. Salt is an example of a solid at room temperature.

Plasma is an ionized gas. "A gas into which sufficient energy is provided to free electrons from atoms or molecules and to allow both species, ions and electrons, to coexist." Most space plasmas have a very low density. "In effect a plasma is a cloud of protons, neutrons and electrons where all the electrons have come loose from their respective molecules and atoms, giving the plasma the ability to act as a whole rather than as a bunch of atoms." Plasmas are a very common state of matter, they make up more than 99% of our visible universe and most not being visible. Plasma mkaes up the sun and the core of stars. On earth, plasma occurs in lightning.

Plasma is hot ionized gas, it consists of an equal numbers of posotive and negativly charged ions. Plasma is considered the "fourth state of matter." Plasma is considered to be very different from normal gasses, because they are very influenced by electrically charged particals when normal gasses are not. The temperatures of space plasmas are extrermely high ranging from several thousands of degrees celsius in the plasmasphere to several million degrees in the ring current. A Plasma is a gas that has been energized to the point that some of the electrons break free from the nucleus, but still travel with it. A spark in a gas is one example of what can create a plasma, and a big spark will turn the gas stream into a plasma stream that can be used in torches in the industry to cut metals. The sun is the biggest plasma that you can ever see. Since the sun is so hot it rips electrons off the hydrogen and helium molocules in the sun. Plasma is the answer to the need for unlimited, safe, and renewable energy. On the earth as said earlier plasma only can be seen iin the form of llightning bolts, flames, auroras, and florescent lights. When water heats to 100 degrees it turns into gas and if we keep raising the temperature of the gas, then the electrons and nucleus cannot stay together so the atoms are stripped of their electrons, and this is the step when plasma is formed. The plasma is so interactive with electric/magnetic feilds that the plasma uses the feilds to create a sort of "container" for itself. When you try and analyze the behavior of plasma, you will find out that it has no pattern, it reacts in a unpredictable manner and if we can find a way to use plasma as energy, then we will have a safe, renuable, unlimited recource of energy!
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http://education.jlab.org/qa/plasma_01.html

http://www.essortment.com/plasma-fourth-state-matter-40444.html

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/fed/Theory/tt/ttmcp/plasma.htm

http://www.mindreality.com/seven-states-of-matter-everything-is-mind

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Nathan Vails

8/13/2011 02:52:36 pm

A solid is a state of matter that has particles that vibrate in place and don't move. Unlike a gas or liquid, a solid has a fixed shape, and unlike a gas, a solid has a fixed volume. Sources: http://science.yourdictionary.com/solid

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Rebecca Tobin

8/14/2011 10:06:10 am

There are six noble gases in group 18 of the periodic table. The gases are Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon. In the 1960'sthey were considered to be inert gases, because of their compounds. These elements are in order by increasing atomic mass. These elements are colorless and odorless. Gases have no defined shape, all so the particles and far from one another.

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Rebecca Tobin

8/14/2011 10:49:24 am

Sorces:
http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups/noblegases.html

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Connor King

8/14/2011 02:14:37 pm

Plasma is a gaseous mixture of high-energy electrons and ions that activates tiny fluorescent tubes in chambers called pixels.

Source:
Prentice Hall Chemistry

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Ascheleigh Downum

8/15/2011 10:16:17 pm

I'm sort of confused, because the packet tell me to post here, but im in Mrs. Uy's class, and on her website it doesn't have a spot for this.

Plasma is an "extremely hot" state and when cooled is formed in to one of the states of matter that is commonly found on earth: solid, liquid or gas.

http://www.plasmacosmology.net/

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Kelly Carlson

8/16/2011 07:57:26 am

“A solid is one of the three commonly recognized states of matter. It has both a definite shape and a definite volume. The molecules of a solid, like those of a liquid, are very close together, but whereas the molecules of a liquid are free to move around, those of a solid have less thermal energy and are held fixed in their places by intermolecular forces. Their only movement is a vibration about a fixed position. Solids are of various types. Some solids, e.g., chalk and clay, have no regular structure and are called amorphous. .Properties in which solids differ from one another include density, hardness, malleability, ductility, elasticity, brittleness, and tensile strength.”

Solids are tightly packed molecular bundles. The bonding's are so strong that the particles can not move, but can only vibrate at an alarmingly fast rate. Which in turn gives a solid a stable, definite shape, and a definite volume. Force must be applied for a solid to be changed. Crystalline solids are packed in a tight orderly manner. Ice has different forms of crystallized patterns. Solids can be turned into liquid by melting, and into gasses through sublimation. Sublimation is when a material is suddenly turned from a solid into a gas.

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